Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in Skåne, southern Sweden: A new TBE endemic region?

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 800-804

  Johan, Fält ^a   Åsa, Lundgren ^a   Rolf, Alsterlund ^a   Barbro, Carlsson ^a   Ingvar, Eliasson ^b   Mats, Haglund ^b   Åke, Lundkvist ^c   Sirkka, Vene ^c   Bo, Settergren ^a  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KALMAR COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEROPREVALENCE; SWEDEN; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 33748123430     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540600664068     Document Type: Article

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